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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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Grafton-Glen Innes Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 2

WE would strongly advise the agitators of the movement for connecting the deep water of the Clarence with the tableland of New England by means of railway communication…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney. Thursday, 11.22 A.m. City Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 5

IN the Legislative Council yesterday several members protested against any portion of the city parks being utilised by the city railway scheme…

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The Editor's Column. (White giving insertion to Correspondents letters, we do not necessarily endorse their opinions.) Nomenclature on Grafton Glen Innes Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1896 · page 2

SIR.--Anent the proposal of Mr. Alderman Woods, of Enfield, that was received and partly considered at the last meeting of the local Municipal Council, I entirely agree with the suggestion to…

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A Strategic Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1896 · page 2

Russia intends building a railway from Charqui to Quarki to facilitate any advance upon Cabul…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1896 · page 5

MR. and Mrs. Robbins, whilst crossing the railway in a buggy, were ran down by an engine and both killed…

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Coastal Prosperity and the Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1896 · page 2

Mr. G. T. T. Butler has addressed the following letter to the Inverell papers:--For many years. I have been a supporter of a scheme for railway communication between Inverell and the coast…

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Grafton-Glen Innes Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1896 · page 2

MR. C. W. READETT publishes the following letter in the Grafton 'Examiner': -- Our Glen Innes friends are advocating nobly through the press and otherwise the just…

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The Inverell-Coastal Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1896 · page 5

ON the above important subject Mr. G. T. T. Butler has contributed the following letter to the Inverell journals:-- "I am pleased to see that my letter in your issue…

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Railway Routes and Harbours

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1896 · page 6

Saturday's Clarence Examiner writes somewhat hopelessly about the railway to the Coast. It says: Armidale had something to say a few days ago…

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Railway Construction in Africa. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 5

THE Imperial Treasury is asking Parliament for £3,000,000 to construct a railway from Mombassa to Lake Victoria, Nyanza, in British East Africa…

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Railway Accident. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 5

A RAILWAY accident occurred at 3o'clock this morning, two miles from Goulburn, to the mixed mail train to Cooma, which consisted of 16 waggons of goods and 10 empty sheep…

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A Big Railway Project

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 3

The Imperial Treasury is asking Parliament. for three millions sterling to construct a railway from Mombassa to Lake Victoria Nyanza, in British Ease Africa…

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The Coastal Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 2

AT a special general meeting of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce held on Friday evening an important letter was read torn Mr. See, MP., to the following effects.--"I…

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Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1896 · page 3

A railway accident occurred at 3 o'clock this morning, two miles from Goulburn,to the mixed mail train to Cooma, consisting of 16 waggons of goods, 10 empty sheep vans, two…

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Railway from Grafton to Glen Innes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 2

At a special meeting of the Chamber on Commerce on Friday the following resolutions were carried unanimously:—1. This meeting affirms…

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The Grafton-Glen Innes Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 2

IT must be pleasing to those who have for the test 35 years strenuously and patriotically advocated a direct railway front Grafton to New England to see that at last the…

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Tamworth-manilla Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 4

The. Works Committee to-day approved of the Tamworth-Manilla railway…

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Our Tuesday's Tale. Saved by a Tramp

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

TUE red curtains were drawn, the fire blazed cheerily en the hearth, and the click of the sleety rain against the window panes only seemed to heighten the…

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The Editor's Column. [White giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do not necessarily endorse their opinions.] The Grafton-Glen Innes Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

SIR,-- Will you kindly allow me space in your journal to urge upon the residents of Glen Innes and Inverell to fall in with the proposal made at the Grafton Chamber of Commerce for holding a…

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The Grafton-Glen Innes Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1896 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes:--I enclose a clipping from a paper published in a remote part of the colony. It refers to an agitation going on with reference to the construction…

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